Memorial

Maidenhead

Cross

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Town Hall, St Ives Road, Maidenhead, Windsor And Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1QS, England

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SU 89015 81143

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 7882
Description: Botonne cross set on a tapering shaft decorated with carved oak leaves and roses. The whole stands on an octagonal base with four flights on steps and four plaques set on tablets.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF MAIDENHEAD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 331
Died: 331
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 175
Died: 175
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations

History

Maker(s): Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Johns, Architect
Messrs William Creed & Company, Builder
Joseph Whitehead & Sons, Mason
Maintenance History: Name plates replaced by bronze tablets at later date as original stone carving had become worn.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

5 December 1920

Lord Desborough

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